THE;MERRY LAWYERS;

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& WE KNE#WECOUL^T)romptlT and liberally and found our Mid-Season

r^Vpdiifovmi from all other sales advertised.

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|jf CQCKAMr: CITY.SJ&V'THEASTJZRS IJISTItICT COXVE.V-

TXOX OF TIIK CHKISTIAX CHlillCM.

SOLDIERS AT FERfiBALE PARK.

The Franklin, (X. C.) -IlilitaryConi-

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the case of Lewis Council {colored), whois under a. death warant to he; hanged

next Monday. There are several groundsfor the application.- One is.that one ofthe jurors did not taks; the oaths; re-

•quired in capital cases." The SupremeCourt \u25a0has .decided this very :point, in".acase which came from Fayetteville.

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Public opinion is more than divided, asto Council's' guilt. .Such is the state-ment made l>ypersons who haverecently

been to Fayettevflle. . : .A letter to-day from Governor Aycock,

who is at' Wilson at the "bedside: of.hisson, says that Hie sufferer was "a shad.cbelter last night,; and the doctors arethe least bit encouraged. I.have almostlost hope. Charles knew his sister lastought and spoke to hereby name. :. He!continues lo take his food ,and mccli-,"cine.".

Governor and Mrs. Aycock very greatlyappreciate the sympathy of the peopla.'They . regret .that they cannot for the.present personally acknowledge the re-ceipt of the numerous telegrams and let-ters of sympathy!" -

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'Harry W. Stubbs, member of the Housefor Martin county, is here. He says the--great/'epidemic of mosquitoes" along thecoast has ended. As to '. crops he givesgood news, saying the tobacco crop \nhis county is the best ever known:

W. IT, Asby, formerly of Raleigh, hasbeen' made superintendent; of motive,

power of the Caroline and Northern- rail- jway., This road is in.operation betweenL-umberton, X. C, and Marion, S. C. .Itis learned that.arrangements are in prorgross . for its connection with;a: road to i

Georgetown, S. C, and also with what >"s jnor: known. as the Cape Fear and North-!em railway, in operation from Apex, in rWake county, to Angier, inHarnett coun- 1ty. The Cape Fear ;and Kbrthern isowned by B. N. I>uke, and by an ex-,

tension to Durham from Apex will getconnection with the Norfolk and West-ern.

State Auditor Dixon went to Bayboro',

Pamlico county, to-day to address a Cori-federate reunion.

The penitentiary report is not expectedto appear, before September. The clerk :and the specially employed expert hava,found the hooks and \u25a0accounts badlytangled and hard' to understand.

The decision by the Attorney-General,that all fines imposed by cities" and towns

must go into the general school fund ofthe county in which such cities andtowns are situated, hits most of thema hard blow. Most, ifnot all, have al-ways applied the fines to their own uses.

Grand Master of Masons B. S. Roysterto-day granted a dispensation for a lodgea tßelhaven, Beaufort county.

WYTHEVILLE GER3IAX CUB.

Their Dance Tuesday Evcixinjar—Other

Entertainments—

Personal Points.WYTHEVILLE, VA., August

-7.—(Spe-

cial.)—The AYytheville German Club gaveanother dance at Hotel Boyd last evening, ;

and the weather being cool, it was anIdeal

'occasion for dancing.

The dance was led *by Mr. David S.Blair. Music was furnished by the Club'sregular orchestra, composed of MissMaggie Harmeling, Mr. Eoff, and Mr.Hill. .

The chanercnes were Mrs. NormanWalker. Mrs. James H. Wohlford, andMrs. Mary Pettitt. :

Among those who took part .wore: Mr.John Young Terry, Jr., with Miss EllaGoodwin,, who was gowned in white or-gandy. '

•Mr. Stuart Hancock with Miss AnnaGleaves, who was dressed in green ; or-gandy. '

\u25a0Mr. Clarence M. Trinkle with MissMinnie Spiller, who was dressed in blacksilk. ; .

Mr. Ferdinand Powell with Miss MaryPreston Kent, In pink organdy.

Mr. Rugely DeVan with Miss Mahel

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>V Any one can pl'av the Piano like- an artistry \

% its use, The only^ PIANO PLAYER ihai is en-dbrsed by allof the leading artists. |

# the BEST TALKINGMACHINE sold. All theIrecords received weekly. It willpay you $

2 to calli Correspondence solicited. <r

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jJ^ i!!::;= Bm^~= ::::^^^ many a country road find city streetS^fSi"*^ "JA %!§£ I you7]!find our carts and carriages, and

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children—handed down to your children's children, when in willbe trea- BH sured as "Grandfather's or Grundmbther's watch," we have it. Elgin S©, or "VValtham movements— of.very finest workmanship

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S3 thin-modeled case, ifpreferred; $40 UP- ! d® Gold-filledwatches are worn very extensively

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-™-v pansive, too! Should you lose this, or it should happen to be stolen,

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2 Mannlacinfing Jewelers and Opticians. 731 E. Main Street. ®

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The 5. QaSeski Optical Co.,Manufacturing Opticians and Expert Adjusters of

Eyeglasses, Spectacles, ArtificialEyes, Etc.> GORNRR -JTIS'TH".'aJS'D 'MAINSTISEETS.: Mailorders promptly attended to. Jy 14-S tin,\Y&FtSel

EXCURSIOXS, PICXICS, «c.

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':.-PETERSBUKG, VA-/AuguFt S—(Spe-."'\u25a0•;' cial.)—The Southeastern District Conven-;

t lon- of the Clirisuan Church met this-:. morning in"Park Vie™ church in thisiv:"city. Sointi ui-enly.-iiye or thirty miiiis-'.-iers and rei>resejitauvcs of. the different. churches -were: present, and others came"-in*,later durintj the day. . :- '.-\u25a0• The inorni2is :session was o]»ent?d with'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0'devotional exercises, conducted by Rev.

:'\u25a0"' R.:.E. AVithers, of Green Uay. followed\u25a0'"\u25a0'•"Lr^an"* address of welcome by/the pastor,

Key. CO. "Woodward.'To. this address a. handsome response

Tras ma<2e by Rev. O. E. Sears, of theof Virginia.

..'The opening sermon was preached byRev.-F. F.- Builard. of Lynchburg. •

\u25a0\u25a0'. 'At the aft-eraooii session there was a•'\u25a0- call of churches, with interesung rei>orts, ;

and;the "appointment of various "commit-.:tees* "At"the night session the convention

was preached by Rev. O. B. Sears,?\u25a0' followed..bj-_ a brief business session'du-v.rlng "svhicii there were reports from Sun-i4: clay "schools iuid discussions of Sunday

\u25a0school work. Anumber" of brief and in-teresting talks on this subject were given.

'r.SOLDIERS AT FERXDALE PARK.The Franklin (X. C-) niilitarj-company,

desires, to cani!i,*or a few- days

V fit Petersburg, have been offered the freeprivilege of Ferzidale Park, just west oftie -city.

Xhe company will have the advantages

of abundant shade, good water, fine, pa-rade. grounds, river bathing-, and other

\u25a0: conveniences. Electric-cars, run every few.-minutes between the .park',-.", and the

city, and the soldiers and' their, baggageand equipments <vill be transported toan'd.lroin the park, free of charge. They

;.will have .the privilege of the" buildings'on1, the . park.. can, ..attend .amusementsevery .night,,and. will have abundance, of

-the";best company, from Petersburg: everyevening and night..

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'.THE PETERSBURG DELEGATES.\ The" Petersburg delegates to the Demo- :

iicraticlState convention at Norfolk *ri11aftlie court-house on Monday night

fof-organiza'tion and for conference. The-delegation was solid for Swanson andT^vas, instructed for him. They' are all:good' Democrats and' as their favorite;seems: to have no chance of nomination,'"Trill give" the nominee on. the tipket a,

united and cordial supj>ort.iC;A'-;number .of citizens who are not dele-gates

"<vill go to the convention.

j-'Mf. Sol. T. Birdsong, who died last[evening, was a Confederate veteran, and?~a?;.member of A. P. Hill Camp. He wasralsd^a, prominent Mason— a. member of;Blandford Lodge. . .-':::Jley. Father O'Farrell is in "Washing-\u25a0\u25a0loii'.'"att«Bdinff the annual' retreat for/priests at Georgetown College.,;^\The Southside Railway and Develop-_irfent Company is receiving a number;of handsome new cars for.use "on. the'street, railway. . j

THE CASE OK LEWIS COUXCIL.

>l^nrtiier Effort to.Save Him—

Hniipen-. inKK |n jVorili Carolina.

-\u25a0;-RALEIGH,•Kj'c.VAuErust S.—(Special.)—.is made for a rehearing of

ROCKBIIIDGE POLITICS.

Walker, of New Orleans, who was attiredin white organdy, and pink:ribbons.,; \

%Mr.:E. Lee' TTinkle with Miss-Hening-

hairi \u25a0;' Spilman; \u25a0of Richmond, ; who :;wasgowned; in;blue' silk/: |pS?J§iiili

Mr. Hugli; Caldwell with Miss Rorrer,

'of Ttoanoke, in pink-.organdy. \u0084

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,Mr. Richard ;Shelton .with:Miss Han-cock, who was dressed inye'low;organdy.

Dr. Samuel ß~ Say erswith'Miss French,'of Alexandria; in;point d'esprit..

--; Mr.' Garland Sexton with Miss. Hulliam,

of ;Stauhton,' in white organdy.: ;\u25a0 :"

:Professor AYilliam Dew, of Indian Ter-ritory,'- with Miss Rorrer, of'Roanoke, inpink-organdy.

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:::\u25a0 Mr. Alfred. Moore with Miss Sue Spil-man, of Richmond, in white organdy.

,Mr.^Will/S. Trinkle with Miss 'Graham,of 'New .Orleans, in white organdy. \u25a0

.' Mr.;' Robert -Rich 'with Miss 'Brownie;MHier,1 in.pink organdy. .

Mr. Roy Sexton .with Miss Mary Mas-. tors, 'of Jvanhoe, .in white silk. .

•.Mr.:and Mrs. : Frank .Chafnn. Mrs.

Chaffin was- dressed in -white organdy.'.' Mr. Cook, of "Washington and Lee Uni-versity, T.-ith Miss Kate Pendelton, in

/white organdy.,. \u25a0' The stags were Messrs. Howard DeVanand. Clifton /Walker.

The Junior .German Club will give adance, at Hotel Boyd to-night: and as itis their first entertainment of the season;it will be well attended.

CASI3_ OF BUD JOXBS. .'.

Bud Jones, who crushed Amos Archer's.sku^l with a six-pound ,rock in Wythe-'ville, a few weeks ago, has been givena preliminary examination before the

.Mayor,-- who sent him on .to the -nextgrand jury.\u25a0

The difficulty occurred "a few weeks ago

and the preliminary trial was postponedon account of Archer's condition, which

'was" quite serious then.Archer is now up and going about and

seems. to have made a complete recovery.

.'The . blow.was given in the forehead,crushing the skull, atid causing the re-moval of:several pieces of bone. - .

The Town Council has- been called.inspecial session to-night to make an ap-propriation for: the improvement of cer-tain streets in the town. ,

Rev. M. P. Logan is on the sick listthis week. He -is suffering from a largecarbuncle on the back.of his neck.Mr- and Mrs. Henry Clarence Beville,

of Southern California, who have beenvisiting in "Wytheville, Mr. Beville's oldhome of many years' ago, left this morn-ing for Atlantic City. They .will- visitin-the east and willnot return west un-til the first of November..Messrs. Young Terry and H.P. Hagan,

who- have been surveying in Pike andFletcher counties, Ivy., for some months,are at their homes here on a visit of a.few days.

Captain James Gibboney, of- the Vir-ginia Polytechnic Institute, who has beenat home, here on a visit of several days,left for Blacksburg this morning.

\u25a0 THE NEAV COURT-HOUSE.'-

Mr. William. Burch has been employedby the Board of Supervisors to surveyand map off and do all the preliminarywork looking'. to the grading and beauti-fying 'of the grounds \u25a0• surrounding ournew $40,003 court-house, which is nearingcompletion.' •/!-/;

Miss Louise; the attractive daughter ofthe late

'Dr. Painter, who was a promi-

nent physician at Drapers' Valley in Pu-laski county, and Mr. John 11. Crocket t,the generally known farmer and cattle-dealer of this County, will

- be,, united inirarriage at the bride's home in the. val-ley,; to-morrow.

LIFE AT CHASE CITT.

Jenkins; NotfoHcrLucJan H. CockeMa-:poke; S. T. Ountcr, Jr., Accomac&gggSj^gal :-and? Admission itoitheBar: fiwr&MFildle?3,Chariot tesyilleY^M^PVBurk'a^ Bed ford SCIty";rASF.v^Robertson;StauntbnfTGebrge ED.'-'Gray, Cufpeper; A.a^l^n^&yrlchburg:-SLlbrary

J«andBLegal«Llterature:MJ^;Hughcs^Xo^lkr;(CnariS?^iGray^es;Lrniye'rsityl6f»yirginia;.MarshallfHanger,Staunton; W. ,AY.:Old, Norfolk; R. L-Parrish, Coving'ton.Slnte%ational:!ArWtratibri:}H.^St4GeorgeTuckeivv; liexingtori^:John; J;Hiijiter,;;Jr.,Richmond n;John|T.';ilams7;Har"risonburg;D. Gardner Tyler, Stufgeoir-Poiht; i'JamesP. Harrison;rpanvilleh^W^^M^?Atkinson^Winchester ;|J."K.:M. Norton,:Alexandria;

B.%.E~ VMontague, 1.. Hampton;';\u25a0-IRufusV.•;A.Ayer^v;BigiStone ;;Gap:L\K".-;>J"'i-^;":.-'.^-"^-:;4COMIVIITTEB'ON PRESENTMENTS. .iPresentments: :First !^Circuit:;,y;,yComyay.

W7. Sams,; Norfolk;Second; George; ;Masqn;Petersburg?; Third/'RriGJ ;Southall,' Amelia;Fourth; James E^Edmunds;! Lynchburs;

SixthivJ.- Samuel \McCue,IChariot tesvflle;Seventh; \u25a0 Preston Cocked ; '.Richmond;Eighth;; C.:W:iRobertson; "NewportNews;

NinthVV"L1byd^vTv\^;SmiUi,\;vHe'athOTnie;;Tenth; W;;:D::;;~Car^wen;;:;Richmb^Eleventh, James ;R;'/.]Catohiv Alexandria ;Trvelfthl Roy;Stephensbn," .-Winchester;

ThirteenthrrJW.-^S^HHoFourteenth, . Thomas \Lee\ Moore, Chris-"tiansburg; Fifteenth, R. W. Blair, Wy the-:ville;' Sixteenth, R.'M".; Page,' Abingdori;Seventee tnh, • E.rM.:Fulton, >Vise; ;Eigh-

teenth^ Roy' B.;Smith, ;Roanoke. . ;'"\u25a0;-'THE LAST:NIGHT.

The \u25a0immense dining-room of; the hotelpresented • a pretty- sceneV. to-night, .- theoccasion being the annual .banquet, withwhich the convention was^ brought to. aclose.1 .- , _ '- •''-"'-

\u25a0 Judge Jj. T>. liewis, of Richmond, ;actedas \u25a0'. toast-master, -"and the/ speechessparkled with brilliancy and -wit.ft :

5 The responses were numerous anrl hap-py. Among the toasts responded to.were:

;''Our,; Invited Guests," ;by Hon. W;' H.Brawley,; Judge of the United States Ci-rcuit Court of South. Carolina;^ "Our Coun-try," by Colonel :John .Goode,' of Bed-ford City, president of'the ConstitutionalConven tion; "The Young ,.Lawyer," byGeorge Bryan," of Richmond; "The Ju-diciary," by Judge Henry Biatr, of Sa-lem, and ;"Virginia,"by Hon. A.J. Mon-tague, of Danville..

'THOSE PRESENT.; ;

The members present were: • Judge L.L.Lewis, Frank W. Christian, Willis B.Smith. Henry W. Anderson, George

Bryan, HillCai'ter, Hunsdon Ca.ry, Alex-ander, H. Sands, Rosewell Page, S. S. P.Patteson. A. W. Patterson;" T.N. Haas,Eugene C.Massie, W. Brydon Tennant,

J. Jordon Leake, Henry- C Riely, R. W.Watkins, George L. Christian, ;R. CarterScott, Richmond; R. S. Thomas, ofSmithfleld; J. S. Harnsbarger, George E.Grattan. ,John, T. Harris, of Harrison-burg; E. E.\

'Stickler,' of Woodstock : J.

L.Hubard, William W. Old,' W. B.- Seld-ner, George A. Mclntosh,- William N.Portlodc," W. S. ;Williams, George ; A.Frick, of Norfolk; E. M. Braxton. W.E.. Barrett. Clarence ~W. Robinson, ofNewport News; J.T. McAllister, of HotSprings; J. F. West, of Waverly; Wil-liam M.McAllister, John W. Stephenson.

of Warm Springs;Aubrey E. Strode. ;. ofAmherst; J- Lawrence Campbell. 'SamuelGriffin, John Goode, J; R. Jackson, M.;

P. Burks, Smeltzer V; Kemp, J. R.Tucker, Henry O. Humphreys, of BedfordCity; Edvrard Echols, Alexander F. Ro-bertson, Marshall . Hanger; Thomas C.Elder, J. Baldwin Ransom, Charles Curry,R.. S. Turk, John B. Cochran, George M.Harrison, of Staunton; Samuel C. Gra-,ham, of Tazewell; J.R. Henry, RandolphHarrison, N.C.MaTison, Jr., A. R. Long,Frank P. Christian, "I.E. Edmunds. .T.D. iHorsly, of Lynchburg; Calloway Brown, jof Bedford Citj':John S. Barbour, G. DjGray, of Culpeper; Lloyd T. Smith, ofHeathßville; Norvelle L-'Hendley, of Wil-liamsburg; C F.; Moore,. P. L. Parrish,H. L, Garrett. of Covlngtoh; J. C. Park-er,' of Franklin; C. E. Nichols,: of Manas-sas; Joseph L. Kelly, of,Bristol;S. C.Berkley, Jr.. A.*J. Montague, of Danville;R. C. Marshall, G. "Hatton, Legh R.Watts, of Portsmouth; W.. Miner Lile,John 'W. Fishburne, George. W. Morris,of Charlottesville; John G. Williams, ofOrange; Robert R. .Prehtis^ of Suffolk;W. A. Jones, of Warsaw ;.J. K. M.Nor-ton, of Alexandria; Wilbur J. Kilby,ofSuffolk; William M..Atkinson, W.;RoyStephenson, Robert M." Ward, of Win-chester; Henry E. Blair, of Salem;, E.E. Montague, of Hampton; David .W.Leake, of Goochland ;Thomas Hamlin,of Danville; Lucian H. Cocke, of Roa-noke: T. B. Robertson, of Eastvllle; M.L. Wefiey, E. Hilton Jackson, of Wash-ington; J. D. Edwards, of Fairfax; J..D.C. Brown, of Newport News; WilliamA. Anderson, of Lexington; AlexanderHamilton, of Petersburg; R. G. James,of Clifton Forge.

The guests of the association at thebano.uet were. Messrs. J. H. Hopkins. T.R. Clendennin, J. C. ;Jay. E. C. Burks,Jr., Alexander VF. Mathews, D. C. T.Davis, Thomas H. Dennis. William A.Maury, Hugh McAllister, Robert L. M.Scott. Major Brown, Mr. Tilton, M. M.Jackson, E. H. Bingham, William M.Montgomery, oJhn' P. Bryant, ThomasLuke, C. Fauntleroy, Albert Ritchie, Fon-taine Broun, H. L. and J. E. Edmunds.

New. members announced were.- R., 9.,Turk,'\u25a0'\u25a0- Staunton, and M. .L. Wefiey,Prince William county.

R SPRINGS; wTv&August ;!S^cSpeciaD-The" lastsession .of the Virginia Bar -Associationwas:held

-this- morning in the hd tel .parlor,

after which the. niembers. were' photo-

sra? hG&:by Mr.'H. .b:-:Mills:':•,• -\V- "iAt this imorning's session, Mr. S.

-S.

P.: •;-.Pattesonly;of Richmond, was' the

speaker, of the occasion. /The subject, ofhis paper ,was- :"The Power of"the ?StateLegislature^" . • ' v' . : ~

;;:'.V Mr.:Patteson's ',.speech was"somewhat

V \u25a0^•a ls,tor.Vi^o.f modern- parliamentarybodies/rand was descriptive ::of Americanlegislatures.. .Much of it was directed toa- consideration of irresponsible legisla-tion and the remedies therefore

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:Ha said that in Virginia "there are notenough rival partisans, and "much of theobjectionable legislation comes \u25a0: from :thelack of. the criticism of opposition parties.-We. really. need;"an intelligent and ableminority-party." • ',"\u25a0*''\u25a0;In,the: last days: of a regular session

of a;Legislature hundreds of bills pass;which are;:not understood by one fifth,of-the members. .'•'.\u25a0 .'\u25a0\u25a0 -'

v, BILLS BT THE THOUSAND. \u25a0'\u25a0 /During the- last regular session of the

Legislature of'Virginia of;ninety days

711 bills' were introduced in the Senateand. 1,219 in the House, making the enor-mous total, of 1,930. Each of them wouldaverage at least three; printed pages, sothat to vote .'. with- absolute intelligenceevery, member would', have to read, or;hear read, ;5,79- pages of printed' matter.s.Tho powers and functions of the Legis-lature were very carefully; described," andthe speaker concluded that while no mem-ber'should ,be deprived of the; right toinitiate legislation, he should; not be al-lowed the power "of getting, through anybill which could not, after most thoroughinvestigation,, get the support of anyhonest man.\THE SPEAKER'S SUGGESTIONS.'.'He thought that; no member should be

allowed to introduce a bill on any sub-Jt'Cf untir he had given at least \u25a0"'• threedays- notice' of his intention to do so.

\Vhen introduced, the bill should. :be"referred to; the legislative counsel, whoshould be a.lawyer of- recognized abilityand of at "least five years' experience atthe bar.~ 'He should be elected for four .years' bythe. General Assembly, and have . thenecessary assistants. He should haveno voice in the passage of any bill, buthis should be those of a draftingand, legal adviser, as to the constitution-ality of a law and^ whether th«e proposedmeasure was in conflict with any otherlaw. Any member" should have the rightto consult him.

THE APPROPRIATION BILL.The appropriation bill, the speaker said,

"is jammed through in a great hurry inthe closing' hours of the session.' As amatter of fact, !t should be •.prepared.''printed, and distributed to every mem-ber within,the \u25a0 first thirty days of thesession, by the regular legislative coun-sel. Two weeks \u25a0before; the end of thesession itshould be passed and sent to theGovernor for his approval, and he shouldbe given power to veto it by items or /asa whole. During its passage no memtershould be allowed to make a motion toincrease any item, or" the whole appro-priation, except .under a suspension ofthe rules.Mr. Patteson concluded by saying that

Itis of the utmost importance to the Statethat the power and proper elasticity ofthe Legislature shoulfl not be in. any wayimpaired, but that it should be freedfrom all evil Influences which surroundit.; . \u25a0; .

The speaker's address, which was wellreceived, showed the profoundest re-search and an astonishing familiaritywith Anglo-Saxon history. It is truly

a valuable addition to Virginia's legalliterature.

THE STANDING COMMITTEES.A memorial on the late John W. Riely

v-as read and announcement was madeof the standing committees appointed as.follows:

Committee on^Admissions, First Circuit,George," A*.. Frick, \Norfolk; Second, Bart-lett Roper, Jr.,. Petersburg; Third. E. C.Goode,. Boydton; Fourth,. N. C. .l.Vanson,Jrl, Lynchburg; Sixth,' John TV. Fish-burrie, Charlottesville; Seventh, Henry C.Riely, Richmond; Eighth, E. A. Braxton,Newport News; Ninth,.J. W. Fleet, Bis-cde; Tenth, F. W. Sims, Louisa; Eleventh,

Gardner L. Booth, secretary, Alexandria;Twelfth, E. E. Stickley, -chairman, 'Wood-stock; Thirteenth, J. Baldwin Ransom,Staunton; Fourteenth, . J. R. Johnson,Christiansburg; Fifteenth, :Samuel C.Graham, Taze well; Sixteenth; H. G. Pe-ters, Bristol;" Seventeenth, C:M- Vicars,Wise; Eighteenth; .J; Lawrence Campbell,Bedford City. '

" '•Legislation and Reform: W. B. Mcll-

waine, Petersburg; W. A..Glasgow, Jr.,Roanoke; • George: W. Morris, Charlottes-ville;' S. '.: S.

:P: Patteson, Richmond;- G.;

Hatton, Portsmouth..Judiciary :J. C. Parker, Franklin; ;Wil-

liam: H. White, Norfolk; John G.. Dew,Newtown; :J.; D.- Horsley, Lynchfe«rg; A.W.- Patterson,; Richmond. \u25a0 \u25a0/.'\u25a0••;-..-

iGrievances: R. Carter Scott, Richmond ;W. J. ;Nelms, Newport News; Joha B.

TJie Coming" llesisiiUive CjiniiiaiKn—University Scltolarsliii)—Land Sale*.

LEXINGTON", VA., August B.—(Spe-cial.)—Kenneth L. Morrison, the youngest

,son of Captain J. D. Morrison, a^vriter oflocal history, has been appointed by theKerr's Creek Alumni Association* ofWashington and Lee University, ;to thescholarship at the University from thatdistrict. '• -

,\u25a0 . • ;At the meeting: of the Washington and

Lee University Alumni Association, ofAugusta county, John C. Sco«t, of Staun-ton, -was aiyarded the scholarship from:that country, and a resolution was "adopt-ed urging the appointment of the trustees-according to ;the '.proposed* alumni planpresented at the last commencement to

";the 'trustees: -. \u25a0

; The'largre blast furnace at Bueha -Vista,after enforced idleness of. several .weeks,

.due to making repairs, 'went into blastlast night. . .. . \u25a0 \u25a0.\u25a0...;.\u25a0'.•' \u25a0\u25a0

. ROCKBRIDGE POLITICS. V ".": The Democratic country chairmen .ofthe Seventh Senatorial- 7District" of Vir-ginia, composed. of Alleghaiiy,;Bath Bote-tourt,, Highland, and Rockbridge coun-ties, have agreed that; a convention be;held. at. Clifton .Forge, September. 11th,"for the purpose of nominating a candidatefor"the Senate. :So- far, the only,avo\*fed-

'candidate for .this honor is Colonel 7Ro-bert. Catlett, a leading, Democrat ;Lex-

.ingtoh,;.-and at.'.present: .the . Common-Attorney "of Rockbridge county;Colonel Catlett will make a ,most ex-

cellent representativ.e for his district, and•look: keenly: after the interests ;"of the•people .whom .he- represents. \u25a0:'.The Rockbridge County Democratic;Executive .Oommittee. decided to hold theconvention -for. the nomination of twocandidates for the House iofon Wednesdayi : September 4th, in thecounty court-house :at iLexington, Buehayista concurring, in this' action.' v:The precinct primaries for the electionof delegates/ to', thisConvention Swill.-beheld

"throug-hbut ;the

%=county and at \u25a0BiienatVista ;on^ugust;3lßt: :;:'; . .: --. V -,: ;\u25a0

to .the apportionment,. some,delegates will be sent :to the

senatorial convention; and sixty-seven tothe :county convention .from Rockbridge.;'At the primaries held August :

31st pre-":cinct :members :.will ;be chosen for thecounty committee Kforjay terni . ofv twoyears. The 1woods are full of legislative'aspirants. ;•::-.. \u25a0ry ;;' .;"'.\u25a0;;"-\u25a0 '^-: \u25a0;\u25a0 ?:'- , -.-^ \u25a0'\u25a0. The ;; _most

.prominently:\u25a0. prominently :\u25a0 meritinned :isMajor E.^H..Barclay, • of)Lexington/^who;served. his' constituents lso faithfully dur-

:'ing the past term.'.Major Barclay, is^ a:one-armed JConf edr--

rateUy'eteran;';-; and i the qwneryaiid 'editor"|of. the j•'Lexington^ Gazette. "S.:;He';".has ;the~ rassurance "of:a" largeV support "at th¥'coming;', con ventlon. - ' "'::;:H:;,.T.?Lunsford;v of -Greenville vicinity^bisipurchajßeaPof^: ;.J.^Llemon^i tthe'^Morgan ;farrn,'!;|near \u25a0#-Fall ihgr, Springs, in";tnis;c6untyv\-l:Th6;pr.ice:paid;for 246"aer^a ;

was $2,475.'.' " re 3:V;Mrs.".F. P. Lynch;:)of|jeffersoocounr^

pWgVaiShas =sold^to!;Mrs^A:r J:jLemoh^-farm near.' Buffalo Forge, this:' countv-containing 291-acrea,'.fprJ 53,402. Jihia^as"a. nart'of \u25a0the', C. A. Brady land;. -•-\u25a0 \u25a0::\u25a0••\u25a0• i

L \u25a0 . Less Tlran Half Price. .|:-r. .;"" THese didn't -cetllie 'siipwing they deserved in ourvlast -'week's Short \u25a0•''Lengths Sale— couldn't get tliem all

and marked in time. Now there's a bright array—forall who willcotrie on Friday. Some of every

fsorVjoi. Silk—black, figured, solid colors,: 1 to '5 yardi'lengths. .

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|; iPriced Below Half Value.

Brrrzf^ for FvrrvhnrlvFive Jap Fans at Half Price.

.\ Light and airy, dainty and durable^so \u25a0\u25a0r'they-I'sh.ould be ineverybody's; hands. This broad variety-!holds almost every pretty design and every tasteful tiht-ling/theiiigembus; Japs v could send us. You : can matchlyxmr gowji;;no; matter what the shade, or you can havef,soine mbst artistic patterns in:silver and white..y':Were— 5f

10, 12//2, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, snd 37i/2c.[Now—2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 19

tarprciSplc&Co

A CLIFTOX FORGE AVEDDING.

Harriogeot Dr.\Voodward nnd'Ml.ts';^ •\u25a0."•\u25a0\u25a0'!\u25a0 :;V \u25a0 ':Beiwie :Bryant.. • '\u25a0\u0084-\u25a0>•\u25a0>•- T- \u25a0\u25a0

\u25a0CLII^OXi FOROE,-: VA..'

August^;7.—f(Spectei.)^^^^W^>W6oaTvarcl^najat!.«s-

Bryant ivrere 'married, at IthelCliC-!to'n'Fbfgp ;Seminary/ oh .Tues'diiy ;night of

.6th. , *?' - ' . :~.':~:•rTDr.^Woodwara^ is"^_a'v prominent V/lentlstiSoflClifton!Forget ;ahd^Miss^Bryaht iwasjlone of thpiteachers ;atitHe.Seminary .for.a»number >'of <years. . .• "

gfLTheT^edd ingiwnsfaA,yery,: .quiet :one;;;onlys:-'about'tliirtyJrelatlve^ahdiintJmate friendssbelh^pres^ht?il^olh^p!>ySeouple|swiUi

jother interesUns .points ;fon|^eir^K^dlnsr|iourJ;; :f:f:'V^^^y,-^-"&£fZ

|^F;ftE3EW^Siy^^^ist\7^(S^lal^iyoyrWcdrresporidehtllearhsiUhattsalllttlelrchildtbf sSolotoon gHibbitts.^ of Geor^e^t \u25a0

Ic|sok,t-'ir»B'bitten onitt*d"«6bt iyftfpolaba-

ous snake, "known here as the "copp*I'-

jhead.". . The; child, was about the pf«^inises, axid the snaky was concealed Sflthe weeds.

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; Tht> ionjc drought has just been bro»2Rby :a:steadlly-fplHnsr rain, which biU;greatly enlivened '.-wsretatloiL;,-:..'%". \u25a0\u25a0-'"' -

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\u0084-. Called Roiiuoke rustor.ROANOKE. VA.. AuWvtst S.—(Special.)—

Rev: Dr. P. :T.;Hale, pastor of Cnlvur?Baptist church^ :one.'-of the V.largest.largest «b^.wealthier Iconpiregations "Jrilthe city, ka^receiyetl a iCall^by: the (Baptist church.ofs'Owen'abdro*, iKy;*?lri3:a very ttauc.ria.iccall.'fand -Dr^Hale: has Itunder cousMc-ration.

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:.' .;, Da Wltfs %Vl;ch HaaeljSalve shouia bepromptly VnnnUed to •cuts." burr.^. v*&1

scald^^ltisoothes'ttnd^ulcKJyJh^ifa iht»Irijurcdj-lpart. There "?are '.iwbnhfcsjcoTOterfei^^B^aurojto 1get Dc Wi^'^-.j

•5? he has ahard enough time. Every- 2•«T- thing that the expectant mother S}*>'.can a6tcihelp her childshe should ig

•;S; do.V One of the greatest .blessings Si«j she can give him is -health, but to «ig do this/She must have" health- her-, ft

;2 :self. She should ;use every means S.^ to improve her physical condition. »:;*>•;:\u25a0 She :_;should,; by all means, supply |JiS J herself with

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# .Mother's; .-IFriend*|

fT^^^^^M It\u25a0•.•will take her gW '^~ GmMyl through :the '. crisisT»

I'r^""^A!J/aMfc'" \u25a0' \u25a0":linimen.t - w. ch!;=g-iMiv;-^ ?^£J\ gives \u25a0 strengthyg

I' y%jWn»*v mOII SeTIS,e Will'^', ;-^~^q^ showjyov.2

i"\'jj~ T \u25a0^:^^<vwhich" bear -the |j»;i'' strain,^ the .less; S!':8, v \u25a0

--. .pain there willbe,ivr

;jjj:d:-'A.woman.>livirig 'in;Fort':iWa.yne/:]&jjgJ;lnd:*, says: jv•."Mother'srFriend did ] ;ij? wonders for me. 'Praise !God rfor $»;Si' yourliniment/ S:.- j\-V \u25a0•

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'\u25a0;?2 v? j;Read^ thisi-ffroni|Htinel, ="CCalf: f f»i«}%".Mother's iFriend \is'a iblessihg^to h^;

iW^ah womenC^hV^i^ei^bjnature'sH 2;\u25a0•2 -^ordeal of childbirth:" --•,»'

2- drugstore. SI per bottle.-

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|THE BRADDELD REGUUTORCO., jjj^ %Vrite forour'free illustrated book, "BaforelfS-l«ife&:Ssi:s;£;l»aby ts Bora." .r;^i»;:

Mirny Exenrsions— Sales* of Neiv To«; Ijncco—The Proposed Sanitarium; :

CttASB.CITT, VA.,August B.—(Special.)'-This is the month for excursions, picnics,arid big meetings., Country people enjoy

these occasions, to an extent' not"enjoyedby those of the cities. They are a' sourceof recreation and pleasure, as well as"education, to those. circumscribed by thelimits of .their home, environments. 'Their.-minds

-are ? broadened, .'.and the-unusual I

sights jand associations give \u25a0 them • a bet- !idea of the size of the world arid how j

others live. .. \u25a0\u25a0

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: •.This is now a popular place for excur-

sions to ;and : from the town. One -.washere a few j.days ago; from Durham, :N."C, and another goes from here to-day toNorfolk. The rates, are low and the pa-tronage large. .\u25a0. '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.'_. .•_\u25a0.'.

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,\u25a0- I:asked an old man, passed 80 -years,;i,who was

-viewing the .;crowds .\u25a0 of. excur-

sionists insilent meditation, "if.the- pres-ent was', not a great improvement on'his early, days before the time of the;railroads."; j^ '.'\u25a0' /'-.. : -.', ;-..', ,;.;'; -\u25a0:':. .-\u25a0'•""."; :.:

"No," he :said, "the railroads are 'acurse to the;country. All of these ;idle.white people ;and negroes had. better ;be

s at.home making something to;put breadin -the mouths ;of ftheir, families.. I'willbet a shilling^ that half of:them are. buy-ing^ flour and meat on credit to^pay for

\u25a0 when they sell itheirs tobacco .;crop. :.No,"

sir, -iuuienes's, travelling, ;and frolicking,will.yet, ruin the people. Itis not like;iit^ was ;.in\u25a0 my day, when every

Isold breadstuff s and meat, while now they.buy/everything except ;tobacco.

."As to ;theirallroads/ if,IJhaoV my way,I'would tear) the last one up." .--;WhiletUhe ;old man lives Jin the past,

\u25a0 yet -there is some reason in Ms "philoso- '

phy. . '\u25a0; : .".":./: _ "

.': '.-' V--;': ,The sales of.new.tobacco* come off daily;here, which is unusual for so early in.-the;iyear.i:;:^i'i-'f;:"f.-.' -•'\u25a0.• :'r \u25a0'-\u25a0\u25a0:.' :-/~-^:-/~-^:'-y'. \u25a0"'-:,'•">*':iThe Chase -:City Mariiifacturlng;-Com-;pany have erected- an immense buildingfor

-the. manufacture" of buggies arid(car-^

triages, irijadditioriVto their extensive 'wa--";?goril'ibusiriess.::' '",*\u25a0 v/.;.--.'.;:/;y \u25a0;. fV:y.'f:-.7-;-\'-r-''«.': Work willTsooh-.be ;rapidly/pushed 'oh\u25a0Vttie ?:sanitarium:^; -; The,buildings,;.exciu-;;'sive?'6f.s.the ;grounds, wiH';c6st^overjs9o,^>COO^.vTher location :is;!oii;an

-:eminence,'; sur-";

sroundirigla^pleasing^andfatt^^iye^iew.i

Ifby^prospectdfs from'a'distance/: and fnear-1!Ilyjall?:Tdrids

';are

-utilized.\s Poplar,;r6ak}~;

Tpine,^ and fdbgwood'j are :chiefly/;sought saf-iiter.' '\u25a0\u25a0'- The '.walnut <Js about exhausted. <-;ii'fßalhs jtiayelbeen" continuous jand1heavy,?ib^tPho Jdamage of'any/consequerice" is jVe-ij"ported.

~TheIhighland

pnificent. -.>?:Nearly .every/i one of<;tha 1will;go from this county, U>. the Norfolk con-

tention. . - '

3^2?6'.Tnis :,was '-the >banner S precinct ;:for. Mon-:|ltague f

!i"ahd--';at:;-.the":primary ;:.-he'-'.;'got\ US',[out, of,150 voters-presents -• <

aof:Richm6hd^fs]r^lareaanslhere.^; ; - ;*%WIJ

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